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Premier Li Qiang of the State Council attended the launch ceremony of the 5th Global Digital Trade Expo and delivered a speech in Hangzhou on the morning of September 24.
This year's expo is themed "Meet the AI Future at the Digital Trade Expo." Its total exhibition area reaches 170,000 square meters, with representatives from 163 countries and regions, more than 2,000 companies, and over 50,000 professional buyers participating — setting a new record in scale.
As representatives of outstanding entrepreneurs, Tu Hongyan, Chairwoman of Wensli Group, and Li Jianhua, Chairman of WENSLI SILK, were invited to attend the opening ceremony.
This is the fifth consecutive year that WENSLI has participated in the Global Digital Trade Expo.
WENSLI has witnessed the Global Digital Trade Expo's journey from its inception to its continuous upgrading, and has also observed the increasingly deep integration between digital technology and traditional industries. For Wensli, the expo is no longer simply a trade show it participates in, but rather like an "old friend" it meets every year.
On September 23, WENSLI held the debut and first showcase of the TC68 Textile AI Agent.
An AI answer sheet for a traditional classic industry: enabling one person to mobilize an entire industry chain.
At this year's Global Digital Trade Expo, Wensli is no longer presenting only isolated innovations such as AI large models and integrated printing and dyeing machines. Instead, it has released the TC68 Textile AI Agent for the entire industry. By opening up full capabilities — from market insights and product design to listing and sales, and flexible production — it lowers the barrier to entry for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs and addresses the inventory challenges of traditional industries.
The release of the TC68 Textile AI Agent marks the digital and intelligent upgrading of the silk and textile industry from "isolated experiments" into a new stage of "full-chain intelligence," and was featured on CCTV's Xinwen Lianbo broadcast on the evening of the 23rd. Tu Hongyan, Chairwoman of Wensli Group, said: "This is not simply recognition of a company's technological innovation, but also a firm signal from the state for the transformation of traditional classic industries toward new quality productive forces."
During the expo, visitors can come to the Wensli Digital Innovation Pavilion in Hall 8 to experience the full range of functions of the TC68 Textile AI Agent on site. In just seven minutes, they can customize and take away an exclusive expo-themed silk scarf, gaining a direct sense of how an idea transforms from the digital world into a real product.
Technology for Good Themed Forum: Focusing on "People" in the AI Era
On the afternoon of that day, the 2026 "AI + Family Services" Science-Enterprise Face-to-Face event was held in Hangzhou, with Huang Xiaowei, Party Secretary and Vice Chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation, delivering a speech. Tu Hongyan, President of the Zhejiang Women Entrepreneurs Association and Chairwoman of Wensli Group, attended and participated in the themed forum, exchanging views around "Family Service Transformation in the AI Era — A Two-Way Journey Between Technology for Good and Family Friendliness."
Tu Hongyan exchanged views around "Family Service Transformation in the AI Era — A Two-Way Journey Between Technology for Good and Family Friendliness."
"Technology must ultimately serve people," said Tu Hongyan. For enterprises, digitalization is not just about improving production efficiency; it should also enable technology to truly enter and improve daily life, so that more people can feel the value of innovation. This is also what Wensli understands as the "AI future."
Official Partner of the Global Digital Trade Expo: Conveying Eastern Aesthetics Through Silk
As an official partner of this year's Global Digital Trade Expo, the "Meet the AI Future" themed silk scarf, designed and customized by the Wensli TC68 Textile AI Agent, became the official souvenir for attending guests. The scarf takes the outline of Hangzhou's map as its visual center, incorporates silhouettes of the Hangzhou Grand Convention and Exhibition Center and city buildings, and echoes the theme of digital trade with elements such as digital codes and network structures. Interspersed with the city flower, osmanthus, and cloud patterns, it showcases Hangzhou's humanistic poetry and technological vitality, symbolizing digital empowerment, global connectivity, and a shared future.
From pattern design to personalized customization, and from traditional craftsmanship to modern technology, Wensli hopes to bring the historic and classic silk industry into this global digital trade event through a single silk scarf.
From the G20 Hangzhou Summit, the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the Hangzhou Asian Games to the Global Digital Trade Expo, Wensli has consistently used digital silk as a medium to showcase the power of integrating "technology + culture." As AI meets silk, the millennia-old Silk Road is serving a better life in a brand-new form.
